Steel-worker s safety device and glasses



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Application filed December, 1928. Serial 110,826,379.

My present invention has reference to a rotector device designedespecially for use y men working in steel mills and particularly toriveters in such mills, and is designs to prevent sparks from burningthe workmans face or forehead.

A further and important object is the provision of a device for thispurpose in w ich a forehead piece has hinged to the lower cornersthereof, in a novel manner,.a shade which carries go gles so that theshade may occasion require without necessitating the removal of thedevice from the head of the user, and further wherein the headpiece islined to prevent excessive heat and the shade is so constructed thatperspiration or sweat from the user will be directed away from his eyesand from the goggles carried b the shade and thereby prevent the userrom becoming blinded by perspiration.

A still further and important object is the manner in which the brim ofthe shade is hingedly secured to the forehead piece so that the shademay be raised and sustained at desired inclinations on the foreheadpiece,

and further wherein the limit of the downward movement of the shield,that is, to operative position, is limited by the contact with a rim orroll on the lower edge of the forehead piece.

A still further object is the provision'of a device for this purposewhich maybe easily and quickly arranged upon the forehead of the user,adjusted to compensate for different sizes of users and firmly heldpositioned.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will presentthemselves as the improvement is better understood, the inventionconsists in the im rovement hereinafter described and defiinltelyclaimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the application of theimprovement.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the improvement.

Figure 3 is'a sectional view approximately on the line 3--3 of Figure 1,the goggle carrying shield being raised with the supporting brimtherefor.

Figure 4 is a somewhat enlarged sectional view approximately on the line44 of Figure 1.

The forehead piece "of the improvement,

indicated by the numeral 1, is arched both wise shaped so .that the samewill snugly be recelvedon theforehead of the user. forehead piece 1 hasits edges rolled, as at 2,

the said roll providing what may be termed a mm and this rim engages andholds on the inner face of the forehead piece a lining 3 of velvet orthe like. At its corners the forehead piece is provided with openingsfor the ower edge of the forehead piece is disposed transversely an dlongitudinally and is other- The I directly above the eyebrows of theuser and the rear edge of :the forehead piece covers I 'approxlmatelyone-third of the length of the head of-the user. The head of the user iscovered by the usual leather head piece commonly worn by riveters inmills and else where. The corners of the forehead piece, above the lowerrim-therefor, are each provided' with spaced slots and .are' slightlyrounded inwardly, as at 6, between these slots. The slots have passedtherethrough the offset ends 7 of metal plates 8. These metal-plateshave screwed, riveted or otherwise secured on their inner face. dishedmetal springs 9. The spring is pivoted, as at 10, to the late 8.Overlying the plate 8 and engage by inwardly directed ears 11 on theends of the said plate (which is, of course, passed through suitableopenings there are the inner and widened ends 12 o the metal brim 13 ofthe improvement.

As disclosed by Figure 2 of the drawings the brim is wider than the headpiece andextends a suitable distance therebeyond. The flange 14, whichcarries the enlargements 12, isconcaved to correspond with the shape ofthe head piece. A brim hinged as above described may be sustained at anydesired angle on the head iece but the downward movement of the rim,that is, when the brim is brought to operative position, is designed tobe brought into contact by the lower roll or rim 2' on the head piece 1which not only lim- July 2, 1929. R. LANSING ANTIGLARE DEVICE FiledApril 24 1926 'lnlllllll mlu W 111... W m .mmm

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